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2026 Bobby G Awards Celebrate Outstanding Colorado High School Musical Theatre

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Winners of the 2026 Bobby G High School Musical Theatre Awards. Photo by McLeod9 Creative

The Bobby G Awards honored exceptional student performers, designers, and educators from across the state during the annual awards ceremony on May 15. The program recognizes outstanding achievement in performance, technical theatre, and overall production. This year’s awards highlighted the depth of talent and collaboration present in Colorado high schools, from powerful performances onstage to innovative design work behind the scenes. Outstanding Overall Production went to Windsor High School’s production of Bright Star. 

Performer in a black shirt stands at a podium on a dark stage holding an award and raising both arms while speaking into a microphone during an awards presentation.

Grayson Allensworth of Denver School of the Arts was awarded Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role for his performance in Big Fish. Photo by McLeod9 Creative

Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role recipients, Grayson Allensworth (Denver School of the Arts) and Gillian Reynolds (Durango High School), will make their debut on a Broadway stage representing Colorado at The Jimmy Awards®/National High School Musical Theatre Awards® (NHSMTA®), which is a celebration of student achievement in high school musical theatre across the country, spotlighting the next generation of Broadway talent. Presented by The Broadway League Foundation, Inc., the NHSMTA invites two nominees from each local regional ceremony to New York City for a rigorous theatre intensive that includes coaching sessions, training, and rehearsals led by some of Broadway’s most accomplished professionals. Nominees will spend ten days in New York City from Friday, June 12, 2026, through Tuesday, June 23, 2026, and their experience will culminate in an extraordinary talent showcase performed live in front of an audience on a Broadway stage. The 17th annual Jimmy Awards will take place on Monday, June 22, 2026, at the Minskoff Theatre. 

 

Full list of recipients below: 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 

Two awards presented in this category  

Lincoln Wicke (Amos) 

Big Fish, Denver School of the Arts 

 

Antonina Monsolino (Jenny Hill) 

Big Fish, Denver School of the Arts  

 

THE ROBERT AND JUDI NEWMAN RISING STAR AWARD  

Holland Hart (Adelaide) 

Guys & Dolls, Lutheran High School  

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD OUTSTANDING SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PROPS  

Makena Hieb and Lexxi Phillips  

Hello, Dolly!, Vista PEAK Preparatory  

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SCENIC DESIGN   

Katrin Abbo and Brian Humphrey  

The Drowsy Chaperone, Greeley Central High School  

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LIGHTING DESIGN  

Remi Beavers and Grace Lougee  

The Addams Family, Castle View High School  

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN  

Ruby Lee, Bella Viera, and Haley Hunsaker  

The Addams Family, Vista Ridge High School  

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIR & MAKE-UP DESIGN  

Hazel Chaikin and Jane Eskew  

The Addams Family, Castle View High School  

 

THE CLAUDIA CARSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN STAGE MANAGEMENT  

Sara Ogden 

Hadestown: Teen Edition, Poudre High School  

 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ORCHESTRA   

Big Fish, Denver School of the Arts 

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICAL DIRECTION  

Sebastian Maa and Brian Stinar  

Big Fish, Denver School of the Arts  

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY   

Candace Martinez and Amelia Walters  

Bright Star, Windsor High School   

 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CHORUS   

Guys & Dolls, Lutheran High School 

 

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD OUTSTANDING SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND  

Alaina Kimble  

Big Fish, SkyView Academy  

 

THE SPIRIT OF THE BOBBY G’S AWARD  

Nominated by the Bobby G Adjudication Team, this award recognizes a high school program whose student-centered initiatives and community engagement efforts have gone above and beyond any of the Bobby G nominated categories for a high school production.  

Urinetown, Northfield High School 

 

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTION  

Lindsey Welsh 

Big Fish, Arvada West High School  

 

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Ensemble of performers dressed in black stands in a dramatic formation on stage under purple lighting, with a central figure extending both arms while others pose behind during a lead medley performance.
A group of ten performers dressed in formal black attire pose together on a red carpet in front of a Bobby G Awards and Denver Center for the Performing Arts step-and-repeat backdrop.
A group of ten stage performers dressed in coordinated black outfits pose together under a spotlight on a dark theater stage, arranged in two rows with some standing and others kneeling in the foreground.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE 

This award is generously sponsored by Deborah Kelly. 

Two awards presented in this category  

Grayson Allensworth (Edward Bloom) 

Big Fish, Denver School of the Arts 

 

Gillian Reynolds (Princess Winnifred) 

Once Upon a Mattress, Durango High School 

 

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Stage scene from The Addams Family with two central performers in black costumes singing and holding hands while an ensemble in gothic-inspired outfits stands behind under dim green lighting.
Four stage performers in colorful period costumes pose mid-song on a theater stage with a bright pink backdrop, arms extended outward in a coordinated musical number from Cinderella
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A large ensemble of stage performers in casual and western-inspired costumes gathers around a central figure in suspenders on a theater stage with a red-lit backdrop, with performers positioned in a semicircle and some leaning or crouching toward the center.

OUTSTANDING OVERALL PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL   

Bright Star, Windsor High School 

 

View the full nominations list 

View the ceremony digital program

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